Staff Profile

Alistair Thompson –– Features Editor

Alistair is a senior at Paly and serves as one of the two features editors on the Viking staff. For the past four years Alistair has played football for the Vikings, most recently as a wide receiver for the California Division I State Championship team. Although born in Cincinnati, Alistair grew up in the Boston area and roots for the Red Sox, Celtics and Patriots like his life depends on it. Some of his favorite athletes include Larry Fitzgerald, Ray Allen and Dustin Predroia. In his free time Alistair likes to hang out with his family especially when he has the chance to throw the football with any of his three brothers. In addition, Alistair trains pit bull terriers at the Peninsula Humane Society in San Mateo. At home, he has two pit bulls and a pet gecko.

All professional athletes, whether it is fair or not, have a choice to make when they enter the public eye: be a role model or keep to themselves. A role model, by definition, is someone who sets an example that can be emulated by others. Taking it one step further, a positive athletic role model demonstrates... Read More »

The Palo Alto High School Varsity baseball team (22-8, 13-4) defeated Los Altos (17-11, 11-6) 13-0 to take the three game series and earn the Vikings a spot in the SCVAL championship. Paly pitcher Drake Swezey (‘11) threw six shutout innings, giving up only four hits all afternoon. Swezey received... Read More »

Great teams have great supporting communities that fill the bleachers. The legendary Milan High School Hoosiers played for a community that rallied around them and followed them all the way to the 1954 Indiana basketball state championship. The famed Permian High School Panthers football team of Odessa,... Read More »

Beyond the north end zone of Notre Dame Stadium, high above the scoreboard and all of the action that takes place on the field below, stands the south wall of the Hesburgh library. Adorned upon that wall is the "World of Life" mural, known by countless college football fans as "Touchdown Jesus."The... Read More »